Laugavegur Trail Day Four: Emstrur to Þórsmörk

Yesterday I rejoined the group to walk to Emstrur and now we’re finishing the Laugavegur trail, reaching Þórsmörk. I’ve got another two days after this but this is the last day of the actual trail. From Emstrur we could virtually see our destination – over the hills and below Eyjafjallajökull. The first bit was a bit up… More Laugavegur Trail Day Four: Emstrur to Þórsmörk

Laugavegur Trail day two: Hrafntinnusker to Álftavatn

You’ve read my Day One diary (in which there was a blizzard and exhaustion and near-death) and now we move onto Day Two – featuring me going in the support car rather than walking. Breakfast started with lots of fresh fruit and coffee and moved onto François’ special-recipe porridge, with added fruit and brown sugar… More Laugavegur Trail day two: Hrafntinnusker to Álftavatn

Laugavegur Trail Day one: Landmannalaugar to Hrafntinnusker

This is pretty much word for word my diary from the Laugavegur trail. It turns out it’s occasionally quite difficult to read my writing. Plans changed before they even started. Heavy snow at Hrafntinnusker meant we couldn’t camp there. Day 1 therefore was to be at Landmannalaugar. I got up at 5.30am to pack my… More Laugavegur Trail Day one: Landmannalaugar to Hrafntinnusker